MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Baltimore Orioles
We roll on with another AL East team, the Baltimore Orioles. It got ugly towards the end of 2015, including a three-game sweep in Boston in which the O’s didn’t score a single run. They…
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MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Washington Nationals
Not many people expected the Washington Nationals to be in a “comeback” position in 2016. The Nats were picked by many to win the World Series in 2015, but instead missed the postseason entirely. It…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: New York Yankees
Never ones to be considered “comeback” candidates, here now are the New York Yankees, suddenly mired in a three-year stretch in which they have not won a single playoff game. They were shutout at home…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Los Angeles Angels
In this installment of Comeback Candidates, we examine the Los Angeles Angels, led by the longest-tenured manager in the game in Mike Scioscia. The Angels won the 2002 World Series but seem to have been…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Arizona Diamondbacks
Our Comeback Candidates series moves to the desert to look at the suddenly-free-spending Snakes. A massive contract for Zack Greinke and a trade for Shelby Miller suddenly gives Arizona a fearsome rotation, at least at…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Miami Marlins
Perhaps a slight stretch in our Comeback Candidates series, we look now at the Miami Marlins. They were a chic pick a year ago after locking up Giancarlo Stanton long-term and coming on strong late…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Detroit Tigers
Our Comeback Candidates series continues with another installment via the American League Central, with the Detroit Tigers looking to rebound from a dismal 2015 campaign. The forecast still looks pretty sunny for the Motowners, with…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Cleveland Indians
Our next subject in the continuing 2016 MLB Comeback Candidates series is the team that Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci picked — and therefore jinxed — to win the World Series in 2015. That would be…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: San Francisco Giants
We continue with our 2016 MLB Comeback Candidates with perhaps the most obvious of all obvious choices, the San Francisco Giants. Sure, we could have started with the Giants, but that seemed too easy. After…
MLB ’16 Comeback Candidates: Seattle Mariners
We will begin a new segment leading up to the 2016 MLB season, the Comeback Candidate series, taking a look at non-playoff teams from the previous season who could make some noise this year. Because…